Terra Nova is the Future

My current prediction is that the world of Terra Nova is actually the distant future instead of the distant past.  That would explain why they never found the beacon, because it was sent into the future.  Maybe it is a commentary on our world a bit, perhaps in another million years, someone will be thriving off of the fossil fuels that are dead human corpses.  I wonder if dinosaurs ever thought they would be running my Jeep. 
What kind of vehicle will I be powering? It's a future jeep thing.